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Old 02-07-2007, 11:35 AM
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I went to get my car align because I noticed the tires up front were leaning in at the top. I knew that the camber need adjust. I have the MM 4 bolt plates and Eibach sportlines. The tech that attempted to correct my camber issue could not get it done. My camber is 5 degrees off.. Does anyone know what else I can do to correct my camber other than going to see a third suspension shop. Its eating up my tires on the inside and I run staggered tires so there is no rotation.
 
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Old 02-07-2007, 01:00 PM
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Try swapping the camber plates. Move the camber plate from the driver side to the passenger side, passenger side to driver side. That should hopefully give you the adjustment to get it with in spec.
 
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Old 02-07-2007, 02:38 PM
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I will give that a try and see what happens........
 
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Old 02-07-2007, 03:46 PM
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that's absolutely the only fix. If that doesn't pull it back to within 1.5deg of vertical then they're installed wrong.

There are 2 ways to install them. Postive and Negative orientation. You've now discovered what it can for/against you. You're in negative orientation. I run that way anyway but I run a pretty aggressive suspension and I need the extra camber. I like mine at -1.6 - -2+.
 
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Old 02-08-2007, 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Cruzang
I went to get my car align because I noticed the tires up front were leaning in at the top. I knew that the camber need adjust. I have the MM 4 bolt plates and Eibach sportlines. The tech that attempted to correct my camber issue could not get it done. My camber is 5 degrees off.. Does anyone know what else I can do to correct my camber other than going to see a third suspension shop. Its eating up my tires on the inside and I run staggered tires so there is no rotation.


Anyone from Orlando, Florida know of a good alignment shop to go too, or anywhere in Central Florida area..?
 
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Old 02-09-2007, 11:47 AM
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Call steeda and ask who they'd use. They field a pretty good race team so they've got to know where the good alignments are. Plan on spending 100 bucks or better for a custom alignment.
 
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